reCAPTCHA in WP comments form
by jmviade · Security
reCAPTCHA in WP comments form is an ANTISPAM tool that adds a Google reCAPTCHA to the comments form and protects your site from the spam robots threat …
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “8K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install trend · reconstructed from 1380 daily snapshots
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-25 9K+ → 8K+ down after 247 days in band
- 2025-07-21 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-20 9K+ → 10K+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-07-17 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-16 9K+ → 10K+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-07-13 10K+ → 9K+ down
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/recaptcha-in-wp-comments-form" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="reCAPTCHA in WP comments form — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> reCAPTCHA in WP comments form: 8K+ active installs, 4.1★ (20 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/recaptcha-in-wp-comments-form